Fleshgod Apocalypse Surpass Themselves

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FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE Release Date Pre-Order Start Veleno uu 24/05/2019 uu 08/03/2019

uu Digi incl. 2 bonus tracks & live BluRay! uu Digital singles: 08.03. “Sugar”, 05.04. “Carnivourus Lamb” uu Tags: DEATH METAL, TECHNICAL DEATH METAL, HYPOCRISY, AENIMUS, EPICA, SEPTICFLESH Price Code: CD01 uu advertising in many important music magazines APR/MAY 2019 NB 4540-0 CD+BluRay-DIGI uu album reviews, interviews in all important Metal magazines in (incl. 2 bonus tracks & live-BluRay) Europe’s APR/MAY 2019 issues uu song placements in European magazine compilations uu spotify playlists in all European territories uu instore decoration: flyers uu Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ organic promotion uu Facebook ads and promoted posts + Google ads in both the search and display networks, bing ads and gmail ads uu Banner advertising on more than 60 most important Metal & Rock websites all over Europe uu additional booked ads on Metal Hammer Germany and UK, and in the Fixion network (mainly Blabbermouth) uu video and pre-roll ads on You tube uu ad campaigns on iPhones for iTunes and Google Play for Androids uu banners, featured items at the shop, header images on nuclearblast.de and nuclearblast.com uu features and banners in newsletters, as well as special mailings to targeted audiences in support of the release Price Code: LP17 NB 4540-1 2LP FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE (black in gatefold) SURPASS THEMSELVES Italian grandmasters of orchestral death metal FLESHGOD APOCA- Tommaso Riccardi, both of whom predate the »Mafia« EP (2010). Tri- LYPSE are finding spontaneity rewarding on new album, »Veleno«. onfera and Riccardi left the group in 2017 for personal reasons. Their Over the past four albums - previous album, »King« (2016), floored departure has re-shaped FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, however, with uu Tracklists: fans and critics alike - the Francesco Paoli-led trio have planned every Paoli jumping from the drums to assume the role as vocalist/guitarist. DIGI: step, discussed every note, and ensured every salutation to Paganini, Stepping in to fill the gaps are drummer David Folchitto (STORMLORD) CD Bach, and Mozart was met with an equally brutal death metal equiva- and guitarist Fabio Bartoletti (DECEPTIONIST), two musicians with a 01. Fury lent. On »Veleno«, which is Italian for ‘venom,’ they needed a change long history in the various extremes of Italian metal. 02. Carnivorous Lamb of approach (and pace). To achieve this, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE “David and Fabio are great musicians and persons and they’re doing 03. Sugar distanced themselves from distraction - line-up changes, tours, and the a killer job live,” says Paoli. “It’s a first step, we just need more time 04. The Praying Mantis’ Strategy frustrations of day-to-day life - unboxed the songwriting process, and 05. Monnalisa before adding someone new to our formation. It’s like getting mar- 06. Worship And Forget let the inspiration flow freely. On »Veleno«, they’ve matured, blended ried again and you want to be sure everything’s working fine. Let me 07. Absinthe more efficiently their musical vision, and walked away with 11 songs be clear: they are not fill-in musicians, they are definitely part of the 08. Pissing On The Score that sound like a new band with an unsatiable prey drive. family. We are just taking it easy before announcing a new line-up 09. The Day We’ll Be Gone “»Veleno« is the most spontaneous album we’ve ever done,” says officially.” 10. Embrace The Oblivion FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE’s multi-instrumentalist Francesco Paoli. 11. Veleno The “metal part” of »Veleno« was recorded in Rome, Italy at Bloom Bonus: “We’ve always been super-honest with our music, but being honest Recording Studio and Kick Studio with long-standing collaborator doesn’t mean you are completely spontaneous. For instance, we’ve 12. Reise, Reise Marco Mastrobuono, while the “orchestral part” - the ensembles - 13. The Forsaking (Nocturnal Version) never recorded a single note without being 100% sure it was the right were tracked at Musica Teclas Studio in Perugia. FLESHGOD APOC- one to our ears. But letting your inspiration flow freely, without any ALYPSE then took the effort over to Grammy-nominated Jacob Hansen BluRay (live in Perugia, Italy 2018) kind of time/schedule/sound/line-up restriction, is totally another sto- at Hansen Studios in Denmark for mixing and mastering. The entire 01. Marche Royale 02. In Aeternum ry. I mean, we definitely experimented with some songs in the past but production of »Veleno« took, according to Paoli, about three months. sometimes it’s almost like you feel the need to censor yourself, so to 03. Healing Through War With the best possible production job, real orchestral ensembles - a 04. Cold As Perfection speak. Some days you come up with a really great idea but, for some full string quartet, a classical percussionist, and a baroque choir were 05. Minotaur (The Wrath of Poseidon) reason, you think it’s ‘too much’ for your music and you toss it away. part of the process - and guest musicians in the shape of Maurizio 06. Gravity So, the lack of limits, full experimentation, an unavoidable process of Cardullo (FOLKSTONE) and Daniele Marinelli playing uilleann pipes 07. The Violation rediscovering our roots… all this led us to the most beautiful music 08. Prologue and mandolin, respectively, »Veleno« is FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE’s we’ve ever produced. I’m sure people will love »Veleno« as much as 09. Epilogue we do.” masterwork. From the tense opening barrage of ‘Fury’ through the 10. The Fool Formed in 2007 in Perugia by Paoli, bassist/vocalist Paolo Rossi, gui- scenic vistas of ‘Monnalisa’ to the brooding if heroic ‘Embrace The 11. The Egoism Oblivion,’ »Veleno« encompasses the greatness of the albums prior but 12. Syphilis tarist/vocalist Cristiano Trionfera, and drummer Francesco Struglia, 13. The Forsaking FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE quickly set off a firestorm of interest after opens up whole new opportunities - sonic and aesthetic - for FLESH- releasing their only demo, »Promo ‘07«. After a short stint on Dutch GOD APOCALYPSE. In fact, it’s an album that will have dedicated fans 2LP (33 RPM): indie Neurotic Records, the group signed a deal with Candlelight Re- frothing (‘Worship And Forget,’ ‘Carnivorous Lamb’) to evangelize Side A cords for Europe and Willowtip Records for North America. The result FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE to new hordes, while introducing critics to 01. Fury of the deal was debut album, »Oracles«, in 2009. Based off the first the group’s now-fully realized score-like qualities (‘The Day We’ll Be 02. Carnivorous Lamb track alone - ‘In Honour Of Reason’ - FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE were Gone,’ ‘Monnalisa’). 03. Sugar hailed as Europe’s finest newcomers. But it was follow-up album, »Ag- As for what’s next, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE are beyond excited that Side B »Veleno« isn’t just their best album to date but that it’s a paradigm 01. The Praying Mantis’ Strategy ony« (2011), where the Italians became maestros of orchestral death 02. Monnalisa metal. Through the use of woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion, shift for the Italians. That it includes a multi-faceted lyrical concept, 03. Worship And Forget FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE transformed their technical death metal, ef- direct (and important) cultural ties to their home country, and a deeply Side C fectively widening the sonic palette. Albums like the mega-epic »Lab- symbolic cover painting by Travis Smith (OPETH, OVERKILL) form a 01. Absinthe yrinth« (2013) and the ultra-ornate »King« (2016) followed, ramping splendid coda, the likes of which have yet to be experienced on a 02. Pissing On The Score up the group’s penchant for Bach- and Beethoven-inspired overtures FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE album. Look for the Italians this summer at 03. The Day We’ll Be Gone Side D combined with savagely brutal death metal. festivals across Europe, a world tour, starting this fall in Europe. As 01. Embrace The Oblivion But there’s one key difference between »King« and »Veleno«. That’s the famous Italian poet Dante Alighieri once wrote, “From the little spark 02. Veleno absence of guitarist/vocalist Cristiano Trionfera and vocalist/guitarist may burst a mighty flame.” »Veleno« is that mighty flame.

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